Corvallis’ Sapphire Twilight Meet is always a fun event because there is a different feel to the meet. With fewer teams competing and the early event start, there is a bit of a relaxed feel to the event. But don’t mistake that relaxation for slacking off on the competition, meet records and top marks in the state were made.
The twilight meet features the javelin competition under the lights which give the contestants a different perspective. They throw on the football field with the lights on them and darkness around it. Hamilton’s Cariann Kunkel threw the spear 121-3 which is the second best in the state currently in Class A. Hamilton’s Michael Graves threw the javelin 181-11, the best throw in Class A.
Calla Haldorson also blew the competition away in the discus. The junior Blue Devil, and two-time state discus champion, threw the discus 153-5, almost nine inches farther than the next best throw in the state. Her effort was 30-4 inches farther than second place in the meet.
Other Blue Devils who made the state best list were Maureen Jessop in the 100 hurdles. Even though she finished section behind Charlo’s Carlee Fryberger, Maureen Jessop still clocked a 16.66 which is currently the second best Class A time in that event. In the 300 hurdles, Corvallis freshman Kailee McCready won with a time of 48.87, the second fastest in Class A. Jake Jessop took the top spot in the 800 in Class A, and Grant Martin finished first in the 1,600 and has the second fastest time in the Class A ranks with a time of 4:36.11.
On Saturday, Hamilton, Corvallis, and Stevensville competed at the Columbia Falls Invitational. Frenchtown won the girls team scoring with Stevensville coming in fifth, Hamilton sixth, and Corvallis 10th. Some of the athletes were also competing at the District Music Festival.
Stevensville’s Megan Pendergast won the 100 hurdles with a time of 16.85. She also won the 300 Hurdles with a time of 49.70, and was fourth in the high jump with a leap of 4-8. Ashton Lewis took sixth in the 200 and teammate Helen Vanosdell was second in the 400. Lewis was also second in the long jump with a leap of 15-2. Cheyanna Jordan threw the discus 98-7 which was good enough for fifth.
Hamilton’s Kunkel won the high jump with the bar set at 4-10. She was second in the javelin with a throw of 108-6. Molly Craig won the shot put with a put of 37-1.5. Lyric Devries was second in the 1,600 with a time of 5:38.11 and Brynnli Poulsen was fourth with 5:46.92.
Corvallis’ Criddle was fifth in the 400. Tayler Wright finished third in the javelin with 103-07 and she finished sixth in the shot put with 33-3.5.
Stevensville’s Wes Brown finished sixth in the 1,600 with a time of 4:58.06. Justin Saxon was third in the 400 and third in the triple jump with 38-7.
Hamilton’s Jacob Campbell was second in the discus with 139-0.5. He placed third in the shot put with 48-2. Connley McGinnis was sixth in the discus for the Broncs. Clay Kellar was second in the triple jump with 38-8.5. Tyler Chouinard was fifth in the long jump with 18-9. Tony Wiggins was third in the javelin with a throw of 152-2.
Girls
Team scores: Corvallis 188, Columbia Falls 100.33, Polson 87, Charlo 83.33, Hamilton 64.33.
100 – Tyrah Hammond, CH, 13.09; Jessica Mosbrucker, COR, 13.47; Mikaela Ducharme, PO, 13.51; Josie Windauer, CF, 13.62; Maddie Neal, HA, 14.01; MaryGold Houk, PO, 14.04.
200 – Hammond, CH, 27.40; Windauer, CF, 27.85; Alyssa King, COR, 28.44; Mosbrucker, COR, 28.52; Amelia Jessop, COR, 29.09; Hannah Hutchison, COR, 29.29.
400 – Lauren Criddle, COR, 1:03.77; Kira McPhail, CH, 1:05.44; Genevieve Delorme, CF, 1:05.65; JaNessa Taylor, PO, 1:06.89; Marie Davenport, HA, 1:07.10; Houk, PO, 1:13.11.
800 – Lyric Devries, HA, 2:29.33; Bree Lewis, COR, 2:30.10; Genevieve Delorme, CF, 2:36.26; Jesse Boaz, COR, 2:37.89; Katie Gleason, COR, 2:38.79; Ani Mason, HA, 2:46.20.
1,600 – Bea Frissell, PO, 5:22.48; Hannah Martin, COR, 5:45.83; Lilli Day, COR, 5:48.52; Brynnli Poulsen, HA, 5:53.36; Sarah Passey, HA, 5:58.20; Kara Wissenbach, COR, 6:09.99.
3,200 – Frissell, PO, 11:49.65; Molly Sitter, PO, 12:10.63; Naima Crowl, PO, 12:23.97; Albany Jessop, CO, 12:50.58; Gwen Seeley, PO, 13:07.90; Sarah Passey, HA, 13:09.28.
100 hurdles – Carlee Fryberger, CH, 15.91; Maureen Jessop, COR, 16.66; Flora Jarvis, CF, 17.11; Shayla Olson, PO, 17.26; Kaitlin Cox, CH, 17.75; Nyssa Schairer, COR, 19.28.
300 hurdles – Kailee McCready, COR, 48.87; Carlee Fryberger, CH, 51.55; Maureen Jessop, COR, 52.19; Shayla Olson, PO, 52.75; Flora Jarvis, CF, 53.91; Addy Day, PO, 56.69.
400 relay – Charlo ‘A’ 52.03 (Kaitlin Cox, Tyrah Hammond, Liev Smith, Carlee Fryberger); Corvallis ‘A’ 52.43; Polson ‘A’ 53.80; Columbia Falls ‘A’ 54.65; Hamilton ‘A’ 55.65.
1,600 relay – Corvallis ‘A’ 4:18.77 (Alyssa King, Kailee McCready, Bree Lewis, Lauren Criddle); Polson ‘A’ 4:31.70; Charlo ‘A’ 4:32.12; Hamilton ‘A’ 4:35.74.
High jump – Hannah Hutchison, COR, 5-2; Maureen Jessop, COR, 5-1; Cariann Kunkel, HA, 5-0; Stella Bistodeau, CF, 4-6; Kaitlin Cox, CH, 4-6; Kira McPhail, CH, 4-4.
Pole vault – Hennesy Meyer, HA, 9-0; Kailen Herbstritt, COR, 8-6; Jenee Sandlin, CF, 8-0; (tie) Liev Smith, CH, 7-6 and Becca Parker, HA, 7-6 and Josie Windauer, CF, 7-6.
Long jump – Lainie Albright, COR, 15-2.50; Stella Bistodeau, CF, 15-2; Houk, PO, 14-6.50; Paige Burger, CF, 14-6; Cariann Kunkel, HA, 14-5; Brooke Powell, CO, 14-4.
Triple jump – Mikaela Ducharme, PO, 33-10.50; Kaitlin Cox, CH, 33-10; Carlee Fryberger, CH, 33-8; Paige Burger, CF, 31-11; McKenzie Hayes, HA, 31-5; Lainie Albright, CO, 31-1.50.
Shot put – Tallia Sova, CF, 36-6.50; Calla Haldorson, CO, 36-0; Angellica Street, CF, 34-4; Tayler Wright, CO, 34-2.50; Molly Craig, HA, 33-9.50; Denali Smith, CO, 33-7.
Discus – Calla Haldorson, COR, 153-5; Brooke Wiltbank, COR, 123-1; Tallia Sova, CF, 114-5; Katelyn Dickemore, HA, 113-4; Charlotte Powell, COR, 108-2; Chris Leopold, COR, 102-8.
Javelin – Angellica Street, CF, 131-5; Cariann Kunkel, HA, 121-3; Denali Smith, COR, 115-8; Tallia Sova, CF, 110-8; Tayler Wright, COR, 107-1; Lainie Albright, COR, 106-6.
Boys
Team scores: Corvallis 190, Columbia Falls 124, Hamilton 96, Polson 67, Charlo 47.
100 – Kaedan Clewien, CF, 11.51; Joshua Wallace, COR, 11.54; Landers Smith, CH, 11.61; Liang Liedle, COR, 11.78; Mason Murray, COR, 11.79; Logan Kolodejchuk, CF, 11.91.
200 – Andrew Andra, COR, 23.39; Landers Smith, CH, 23.95; Kaedan Clewien, CF, 24.26; Kyle Druyvestein, PO, 24.41; Easton Sempf, CF, 24.51; Liang Liedle, COR, 24.56.
400 – Drew Morgan, CF, 52.53; Jakob Dalbey, COR, 53.18; Seth Stoker, COR, 55.15; Zackary Pletcher, CF, 55.37; Alex Wall Wilbert, PO, 55.83; Rory Jessop, COR, 56.37.
800 – Jake Jessop, COR, 1:58.13; Quin Stewart, PO, 2:08.43; Cole Henry, COR, 2:08.99; David Thurman, COR, 2:10.81; Caaden Brown, HA, 2:11.10; Tristan Schmalz, HA, 2:11.51.
1,600 – Grant Martin, COR, 4:36.11; Anders Watt, COR, 4:37.69; Quin Stewart, PO, 4:43.67; Wills Degrandpre, CH, 4:52.39; Matt Wilson, HA, 4:58.25; Joe Lamb, CF, 5:00.50.
3,200 – Matt Wilson, HA, 10:18.02; Gabe Knudsen, CF, 10:20.04; Will Flowers, COR, 10:40.43; Wills Degrandpre, CH, 10:43.67; Landon Shipley, PO, 10:51.64; Ben Carrasco, CO, 10:55.81.
110 hurdles – Colton Cote, PO, 15.39; Ridge Albright, COR, 16.09; Ben Windauer, CF, 16.47; Toby Odom, CH, 17.54; Garett Vaughan, CH, 17.91; Hayden Pease, COR, 18.67.
300 hurdles – Toby Odom, CH, 44.01; Connor Lanier, PO, 44.41; Zackary Pletcher, CF, 46.35; Hayden Pease, COR, 47.63; Garett Vaughan, CH, 47.87.
400 relay – Corvallis ‘A’ 45.05 (Mason Murray, Ridge Albright, Joshua Wallace, Andrew Andra); Columbia Falls ‘A’ 45.13; Polson ‘A’ 45.93; Charlo ‘A’ 46.61; Hamilton ‘A’ 47.20.
1,600 relay – Corvallis ‘A’ 3:34.08 (Jakob Dalbey, Ridge Albright, Mason Murray, Jake Jessop); Columbia Falls ‘A’ 3:43.97; Polson ‘A’ 3:49.39; Hamilton ‘A’ 3:50.46; Charlo ‘A’ 3:54.77.
High jump – Ridge Albright, COR, 6-3; Tyler Chouinard, HA, 6-0; Logan Lewis, COR, 5-10; Jeff Stoker, COR, 5-10; Trey Searle, HA, 5-6; Zackary Pletcher, CF, 5-4.
Pole vault – Ben Windauer, CF, 13-0; (tie) Austin Green, CF, 12-0 and Russell Albin, CF, 12-0; Dante Venema, COR, 12-0; Bridger Williams, HA, 12-0; Landers Smith, CH, 12-0.
Long jump – Tyler Chouinard, HA, 20-0; Connor Lanier, PO, 19-2.75; Drew Morgan, CF, 19-.75; Joshua Wallace, COR, 19-.25; Chance Adams, CF, 18-3.25; Jonathan Perez, PO, 18-0.
Triple jump – Logan Lewis, COR, 40-7.25; Logan Kolodejchuk, CF, 39-10; Connor Lanier, PO, 39-2; Mark Joyner, HA, 39-1.50; Clay Kellar, HA, 38-11.25; Tyler Chouinard, HA, 37-5.50.
Shot put – Garrett Brown, COR, 51-10.50; Jacob Campbell, HA, 49-3; Zach Jessop, COR, 45-9.50; Donald Carlson, HA, 42-10.50; Tanner Gove, CF, 40-11.50; James Talia, COR, 39-6.5.
Discus – Jacob Campbell, HA, 146-0; Garrett Brown, COR, 131-3; Donald Carlson, HA, 128-5; Connley McGinnis, HA, 114-10; Tyler Burrows, HA, 111-2; Nate LaBrosse, COR, 110-5.
Javelin – Michael Graves, HA, 181-11; Zach Jessop, COR, 173-2; Drew Morgan, CF, 169-8; Tanner Gove, CF, 163-10; Tony Wiggins, HA, 152-10; Ben Windauer, CF, 151-11.